THIS MACHINE MOCKS FASCISTS

Tempting, Tempting

Quick note:The Amazon ranking for Coffee Shop right now is at 1,057, which (aside from the fact it was in the low 300,000s yesterday, so we’ve had a healthy uptick) I’ve been informed may be the highest Amazon ranking yet for a Subterranean Press book. Now, this is primarily because Subterranean Press sells the vast majority of its books through its own site or through fine specialtybooksellers, but it’s still a nice little landmark, so thank you.

Also, I have it on good authority that if it cracks the 1,000 mark, Subterranean Press publisher Bill Schafer may actually wet himself with excitement. I’m more than half-tempted to buy a copy myself to see this happen.

Xenu damn you to the volcano! I was firmly against ordering this compilation of blog entries, since I figured I could just read ’em all for free on the interweb. But now I’ve gone and ordered the danged thing. Curse you, Scalzi!

Yes, well. In point of fact at least some of the entries in the book are no longer on the site (I took down a lot of stuff when I last switched host services), so the book is in fact the easiest way to read those.

Nate Trost:

Good point. I thought I had mentioned it being a limited edition before, but it’s been a while.

Not that you especially have to, of course, but have you considered adding a charity incentive similar to the previous efforts from you and SP? The previous “de-lurk” day seems to have been fairly successful in bringing lurkers out, myself included. I’m not sure whether it directly affects sales, but both seem to have generated a lot of interest.

We actually did something like that when Agent to the Stars came out. When people bought that book from the Subterranean site, 10% of the cover price was donated to Child’s Play, a kid’s charity. We ended up sending along a couple thousand dollars, if I recall.

One important note: Those who order direct from SubPress get their orders filled first, then we move on to book dealers, wholesalers, and Amazon. So it’s entirely possible you may order the book from some outlet other than us and we won’t have a copy to fill your order. It’s not likely but it is possible.